Science
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141Mysterious “Little Red Dots” Offer Clues to Black Hole Formation
These “little red dots” are odd yet numerous galaxies in the early universe picked out from several deep-sky surveys conducted by the...
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35 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 13th Group of Astronauts
On Jan. 17, 1990, NASA announced the selection of its 13th group of astronaut candidates. The diverse group comprised 23 candidates –...
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32‘Get those rocket ships going’: where will Trump’s space odyssey lead Nasa? | Space
As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House next week with Elon Musk at his side, the pair are planning...
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Peak Performance in Microgravity – NASA
At the start of a new year, many people think about making positive changes in their lives, such as improving physical fitness...
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35Psychedelic drug DMT to be trialled on UK volunteers to tackle alcohol misuse | Medical research
A powerful psychedelic that is used in healing ceremonies by Indigenous groups in the Amazon is being trialled as a pioneering approach...
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NASA Kennedy Ground Systems Prepping Hardware for Artemis II, Beyond
Teams with NASA are gaining momentum as work progresses toward future lunar missions for the benefit of humanity as numerous flight hardware...
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4866 days to rediscover boredom: ‘The way I’d been thinking about time was wrong’ | Life and style
I knew that I wanted to make a change when I couldn’t go longer than five minutes without needing some sort of...
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Sustainable Business Model Challenge – NASA
Climate change presents one of the most urgent crises of our time, with increasing threats to life, infrastructure, economies, and ecosystems worldwide....
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Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic ‘dark ages’ billions of years ago
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole-powered quasar that may have helped “turn on the lights” in the early universe The intense...
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35Pompeii excavation unearths private spa for wooing wealthy guests | Italy
A large and sophisticated thermal bath complex that was believed to have been used by its owner to woo well-heeled guests has...
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SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk says
The explosion that destroyed the upper stage of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle yesterday (Jan. 16) was likely caused by a leak, Elon Musk...
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100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn’t alone
If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when scientists still thought the Milky Way was the entirety...
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance, January 17 – 26 – Sky & Telescope
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 ■ Here it is the coldest very bottom of the year (on average). But the Summer Star, Vega, is...
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Strange multi-planet system proves not all hot Jupiter exoplanets are lonely giants
The discovery of an extraordinary multi-planet system has demonstrated that so-called “hot Jupiter” planets may not be lonely giants after all. The...
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Nepal’s leader says it has too many tigers. Does it?
Getty Images Nepal has been celebrated globally for tripling its tiger population in a decade – but Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli...
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Moon selected as historical preservation site to protect lunar heritage
Earth’s moon has been selected as a historical preservation site in an attempt to protect humanity’s lunar legacy. The World Monuments Fund...
